Breanne McIvor

#bocas2026

Biography

Breanne Mc Ivor was born and raised in Trinidad. She studied English at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh before returning home. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Glimmer Train Fiction Open, the Fish One-Page Prize and the Derek Walcott Writing Prize. In 2015, she won The Caribbean Writer’s David Hough Literary Prize. Where There Are Monsters, her first short story collection, was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2019.

Years Attended

2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2023 Featured Speaker, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant

Breanne McIvor

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Breanne McIvor
2026
Writing the Taboo with Breanne Mc Ivor
Bocas Academy, Workshop Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Online
2025
Take Two: Lisa Allen-Agostini and Kai Thomas
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Take Two Event
Event Date: May 2, 2025 @ 3:00 pm
Old Fire Station
2024
Fantastic Friday: Take Two
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2023
Take Two: Breanne Mc Ivor and Cleyvis Natera
Festival Programme Event
Fiction Event
Event Date: April 30, 2023 @ 11:30 am
Old Fire Station
2020
Readers Wanted: Readings on TTT
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
TTT
2019
Tales of the Supernatural
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2019
Home and away: new fiction from T&T writers
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Secret Lives: Inspired by the archives
Big Ideas, Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station